The deal between Iran and the United States to end the West Asia war is “America’s declaration of defeat”, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian negotiating team, said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026).
“The Islamabad understanding was not the result of pressure and coercion, but rather the result of the resistance and authority of the brave Iranian nation,” Mr. Ghalibaf said at a conference in Azerbaijan broadcast on Iranian television.
U.S. farmers; Tehran denies it
Talks between Israel and Lebanon include discussion of a U.S.-backed proposal for Israeli forces to hand over some of the territory they have invaded during the war with Hezbollah to the Lebanese military, according to Israeli and Lebanese officials. The proposed “pilot” project is being discussed in the latest round of talks between the two sides.
The Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), head of the UN’s nuclear agency Rafael Mariano Grossi said in Tokyo on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). This statement comes after Iran and the U.S. disputed whether or not bombed enrichment sites would be inspected. That’s key for the deal, which calls for Iran’s stockpile of uranium to be “downblended” from highly enriched levels.
